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People who move from place to place

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Nomads

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Use this to see how old something is that once alive

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Radiocarbon dating

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Corn

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Maize

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Underground house built by the anaszai it was a place of worship

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Kiva

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System under which land and protection in return for work and military support

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Feudalism

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Rebirth of interest in learning

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Renaissance

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New type of ships that was used by early explorers to the Americas

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Caravel

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Navigating device invented by the Arabs that used the sun to know where they were

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Astrolabe

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Exchange of goods between the old world and the new world

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Columbian exchange

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Spanish conqueror

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Conquistador

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Purify the English church of Catholic rituals and left England because they were persecuted and found the Massachusetts bay colony

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Puritan

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Separatists that wanted to separate from the English church and make their own churches. Founded Plymouth colony in 1620

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Pilgrim

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Spanish ranch where they raise cattle

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Hacienda

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Land that the conquistadors gave to the people that were the officers in their army. Included land and the natives that worked on the land

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Encomienda

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Passage between Africa and America. Brought slaves to America

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Middle passage

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Trade between old world, new world, and Africa (Europe, Africa, and and America)

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Triangular trade

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Person skilled in a creative craft

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Artisan

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Idea that a country’s power depended on its wealth

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Mercantilism

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Age of reason. Idea that all the problems in the world could be solved through logic and reason

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Enlightenment

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Person who worked to pay their passage to America

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Indentured servant

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Search warrant

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Writ of assistance

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Militia men for the American army

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Minutemen

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Someone loyal to the king

Someone loyal to the revolution

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Loyalist and patriot

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People have the power through voting

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Republic

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Freeing of slaves

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Emancipation

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The idea that people should be able to choose their form of government

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Popular sovereignty

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Change to the constitution

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Amendment

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Wanted the constitution to be ratified?

Didn’t want it to be ratified?

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Federalists and anti federalists

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Approving of the constitution. Had to have 9 of 13 to approve it

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Ratification

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Series of steps that the government must take to ensure that everyone is treated equally under the law

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Due process

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30
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First ten amendments to the constitution

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Bill of rights

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Idea that if a state thinks a law passed by congress is unconstitutional and they don’t have to obey it

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Nullification

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32
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How many amendments do we have?

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27

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33
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Wrote 88 papers and essays that pushed ratification

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Anti-federalists

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Right of the Supreme Court to declare a law passed by congress unconstitutional.

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Judicial review

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35
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When Adams gave clay a cabinet post because he swung his

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Corrupt bargain

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36
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Conquered the inca

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Francisco Pizarro

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37
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Landed in the Bahamas on an island called San Salvador

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Christopher Columbus

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Means “ancient ones”, lived in the American southwest and built a city called pueblo bonito at Chaco canyon

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The Anasazi

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Portuguese Prince. Set up a school for ship captains so they could learn how to navigate

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Henry the Navigator

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First person to lead a group that circumnavigated the globe

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Ferdinand Magellan

41
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Conquered the Aztec

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Hernan Cortes

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French explorer that explored the St. Lawrence River for France

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Jacques Cartier

43
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Leader of the Jamestown colony. Established relationships with the Powhatan confederacy

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John Smith

44
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Daughter of the chief of the Powhatan confederacy. Saved John smith’s life

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Pocahontas

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Helped the pilgrims survive and celebrated the first thanksgiving with them

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Squanto

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Hid the charter for four years so that he could be the head of the Massachusetts bay colony

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John Winthrop

47
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Founded Pennsylvania

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William Penn

48
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Led a revolt of the backcountry farmers against the governor of Virginia

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Nathaniel Bacon

49
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His ideas were the basis of Thomas Jeffersons writing of the deceleration of independence

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John Locke

50
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Wrote “Common Sense” and “The Crisis”

“The Crisis” was read at valley forge

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Thomas Paine

51
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Leader of the son of liberty in Boston

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Sam Adams

52
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Second group of the social class and were small landowners

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Yeoman farmers

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Was a silversmith. Member of the son of Liberty. Wrote pamphlets to encourage the revolution. Rode to warn the colonists in Lexington and concord

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Paul Revere

54
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Third president. Wrote the delectation of independence. Interested in the Louisiana purchase

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Thomas Jefferson

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British General in command of British troops in North America after gage resigned

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William Howe

56
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Swamp-fox; led guerilla group in South Carolina

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Francis Marion

57
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British General in the south, surrendered to the Americans in Yorktown

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Charles Cornwallis

58
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First president and leader of the continental army

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George Washington

59
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Wrote the Virginia plan. Father of our constitution. Attorney from Virginia. Wrote the constitution for Virginia. Was a president

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James Madison

60
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Explored the Louisiana territory

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Lewis & Clark

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Went with Lewis and Clark from the Mandan port in upper Missouri then west to her people to get horses

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Sacagawea

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Representative in congress from Kentucky. Fought for states rights. Entered into the corrupt bargain with Adams

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Henry Clay

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General in the US army. President. Called “Old Hickory” Indian fighter. Hero in the battle of New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson

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Invented the telegraph and the morse code

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Samuel Morse

65
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Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

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Eli Whitney

66
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Invented the steam boat

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Robert Fulton

67
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Led a slave rebellion in Virginia where many women and children were killed. He was tried and killed

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Nat Turner

68
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First permanent European settlement in the new world

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Santo Domingo

69
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Where Columbus landed in the Bahamas

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San Salvador

70
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The oldest permanent Spanish settlement in North America

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St. Augustine

71
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Oldest permanent French settlement in North America

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Quebec

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Capital of the Aztecs. Montezuma was killed there.

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Tenochtitlan

73
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The land bridge

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Beringia

74
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Where pueblo bonito was

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Chaco Canyon

75
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Oldest permanent English settlement in north America

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Jamestown

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Founded in 1620 by the pilgrims. In Massachusetts

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Plymouth

77
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Took place in Boston and cause the British to withdraw

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Bunker Hill

78
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Shots heard around the world. First shots of the American Revolution.

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Lexington & Concord

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Where Washington’s troops spent an awful winter

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Valley forge

80
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Last major battle of the revolutionary war

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Yorktown

81
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Turning point of the war in the north

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Saratoga

82
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The first and second continental congress met here

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Philadelphia

83
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First English settlement in North America

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Roanoke island

84
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The bringing of William and Mary to the throne of England.

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Glorious revolution

85
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Fought over the Ohio River valley

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French and Indian war

86
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The first direct tax on the American colonists

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Stamp Act

87
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Organization of people who wanted revolution

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Sons of Liberty

88
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Was a conflict between civilians and British soldiers. 4 Americans were killed and crispus Atticus was the first dead

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Boston Massacre

89
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When the sons of Liberty threw tea into Boston harbor

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Boston Tea Party

90
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Agreement sent to King George to avoid war; he rejected it

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Olive Branch petition

91
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Our first government of our country

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Articles of confederation

92
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Plan for a constitution that was submitted by James Madison who wrote it. Was mostly used for our constitution; one compromise, the great compromise (set up the senate to have two reps based on population)

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Virginia Plan

93
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Connecticut compromise

94
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Established judiciary review

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Marbury v. Madison

95
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Bought from France for 15 million dollars. And was explored by Lewis and Clark

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Louisiana Purchase

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Determined how the land would be divided in north west territory and governed

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Northwest ordinance

97
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A document stating that countries are no longer open for European civilizations

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Monroe doctrine

98
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Drew a line on the Louisiana territory. North of the line = slate state. South of the line= free state

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Missouri compromise

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When John Adams gave clay a cabinet post because he swung his support to him during the election

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Corrupt bargain

100
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Also known as the great compromise

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Connecticut compromise

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